I have a feeling I could be robbing my distance after seeing a lot of videos of pros. I rotate on my toes, not on my heel. I believe that rotating on the heel could open up the hips a lot faster and get that extra torque on the throw. Anyone care to shed some light on this?

Work on spinning with your heel for shots needing more power...You'll generate the sling-shot effect far more effectively...For shots requiring less power, I don't think you necessarily need to rotate on your heel, at least I don't...

It'll probably save your knees in the long run too...If you plant too heavily on your toes and are robbing yourself of distance as you say, you may be straining your knee each time you throw as your not rotating cleaning and stressing those tendons past their breaking points...

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z-man wrote:Work on spinning with your heel for shots needing more power...You'll generate the sling-shot effect far more effectively...For shots requiring less power, I don't think you necessarily need to rotate on your heel, at least I don't...

It'll probably save your knees in the long run too...If you plant too heavily on your toes and are robbing yourself of distance as you say, you may be straining your knee each time you throw as your not rotating cleaning and stressing those tendons past their breaking points...

I think you just nailed why my knee aches lol. Rotating on the ball of the foot, like you said, seems like it would generate a lot more power on those big throws, but wouldn't really matter for anything else, maybe just form. For now, I will stick with my arm placement, as MDR told me.

MDR_3000 wrote:i do know that i start rotating on my toes and finish on my heel.

This is the way it works for me as well...

at first you may have to consciously focus on shifting weight to your heel once you hit the snap, maybe in a field somewhere...Before long you will notice your doing it automatically and your hitting your lines with more regularity...

I want to get a vending machine with fun sized candy bars...and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late. -Mitch Hedberg~namaste~

I focused on rotating on my heel and it pretty much did everything that z-man said it would. My swing felt better and smoother through the finish. I hit my line almost spot on every shot, which has been quite an issue for me since I started playing. Lastly, I added probalby 20-30 feet of distance without having to exert any more than my normal effort.

Kallstrom, Nikko, and Feldberg all seem to have their weight rotating on their heel or outside of their foot like GDL explained. However, Cale's weight seemed to be more centered or on the ball of his foot.

All four of them, however, finished with their lead food pointing forward, thus allowing their hips to open at release.

For me, so far, I've been trying to do it all the time. In the fareway, however, its a little different because my shoes still have almost new tread which makes it harder to rotate my foot on the ground.

Rotate on your heel.....It greatly speeds up how fast your body torques around. I usually don't throw backhand but I've seen a few people switch from toe rotation to heel rotation and it helps. It's also less straining on your right leg.